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How to Remove Your Saved Passwords in Chrome
If you’re immersed in the Google ecosystem, you’ve likely used the password manager that’s baked into their Chrome browser. With its seamless integration with Chrome, you may have dozens of passwords stored and saved within Google’s flavor of password management. While it’s undoubtedly convenient, it may not be the best overall solution to securely store your login details. For one,…
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8 Tips to Personalize Chrome to Suit Your Style
Google Chrome’s default look is quite plain—no fancy themes, a simple toolbar, random shortcuts on the new tab page, a plain color scheme, and it’s set to light mode. If you’re tired of Chrome’s default settings, here’s how you can personalize it. Switch Up Your Browser Theme You can start personalizing your Chrome browser by changing its default theme. You…
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This Chrome Extension Hides Google’s AI Junk
It’s hard to escape AI these days. Apple just made Apple Intelligence opt out, and Google Workspace users are now seeing big, hard-to-dismiss Gemini buttons all over their apps. The world’s biggest tech companies are doing their best to sell you on a generative AI future, but even when you can’t turn AI off, there are steps you can take…
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How to Use Talkback On Google Chrome
You can browse the web on Android using TalkBack–you don’t even have to see the screen. It’s an accessibility feature for people who have vision impairments, but it can be useful to others as well. I’ll show you how you can learn it in three steps. What Is Talkback? With this accessibility feature on, the phone “talks back” to you,…
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9 Google Chrome features you really should be using – Computerworld
With the web page open in Chrome on your PC, click the three-dot icon toward the upper right. On the menu that opens, select Cast, save, and share and then Send to your devices. A menu pops open that lists any mobile device and other PCs that are signed in with your Google account. If you click the name of…
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Watch Out for This ‘Chrome Update’ Scam
Software updates are important and inevitable. To expand features and patch existing security issues, you need to update your apps and machines. If you avoid updating, you might find certain programs, functions, or even websites stop working as they should. However, if you visit a website, and you see a prompt to update Chrome in order to proceed, run away.…
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A Small Change in Chrome Will Have a Big Impact for Windows PCs
You’d think that the web experience on your Windows 11 install is just confined to browsers, but you’d be surprised by how much stuff is web-based on your computer. Now, with a new change in Chromium, you’re about to notice some a small, but impactful, change to how Windows renders most fonts. Chromium-based browsers on Windows, including Google Chrome, are…
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Billions of Chrome users at risk from new browser-hijacking Syncjacking attack — how to stay safe
Google Chrome is the most popular browser on desktop, which is why it’s also one of the most popular targets for hackers. This makes perfect sense given how much personal and sensitive info we store in our browsers, and now, hackers have come up with a clever new way to steal all that data and even take over our computers.…
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Microsoft Edge will soon protect you from these scary scams that even Chrome can’t
If you’re already a fan of Microsoft’s Edge, or if you have a newer computer user in the house, you’ll want to know about the browser’s latest feature: a scareware blocker. This new built-in security feature aims to keep users from falling for malware that attempts to trick them into giving out personal or financial information by filling their screens…
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Google to kill Chrome Sync on older Chrome browser versions
Google announced that the Chrome Sync feature will be discontinued in early 2025 for Chrome versions older than four years. When enabled, Chrome Sync keeps users’ bookmarks, passwords, history, open tabs, settings, preferences, and, sometimes, Google Pay payment information. It also automatically signs users into Gmail, YouTube, Search, and other Google services. The move was announced on the company’s community…
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